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Live Review: St George’s, Bristol, UK

March 7, 2013March 7, 2013

“Of course, there were lots of old favourites, too, such as her brilliant Grammy-nominated song about an abused woman, Independence Day, to which she provided her own piano accompaniment, Circus Girl, the Tex-Mex styled Guadalupe co-written with Tom Russell and the beautiful On A Bus To St Cloud.

Barry Walsh got his moment in the spotlight with a very cinematic piano piece called Gretchen’s Theme and Ben Glover came back on to duet with her on a fine version of Gram Parson’s classic Grievous Angel.”

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